Can-washing machine



H. D. LATHROP.

AN WASHING MACHINE.

A-"PUCATION FILED AUGKZ5, 1919' Patented May 1-7, 1921.

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NITED STATES PATENT] OFFICE.

HARRY'D. LATHROP, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

CAN-WASHING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patent d May 17 1921 Application filedAugust 25, 1919. Serial No 319,801.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARnY D LATHRoP, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of the city of Chicago, county of Cook, and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCan-Vashing Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates toimprovements in can washing machines, andmoreparticularly to the, discharge mechanism thereof,-

the object of the invention being toprovide means for lessening thenoise and shock commonly present in such machines.

, Other objects will appear hereinafter.

The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanyingdrawings forming a part of this specification,- and. in which, i 1

Figure 1 is-a longitudinal section taken through the discharge end of awell-known form of can washing machine, equipped with means embodying myinvention. a

Fig. 2 is an end view thereof.

The approved form of construction, illustrated in the drawings,comprises a depending" gravity-held swinging stop 3, mounted to swingfreely on a transverse shaft 4 of the can washing machine and set in thepath of the tops of cans 5 being discharged therefrom. In the normaloperaon of the machine, the cans are placed in the reversing saddle 6 bywhich they are automatically reversed or upended and dis charged fromthe machine, sliding down the discharge chute or platform 7 The stopplate 3 is set in the path of the cans as they thus move from the saddle6, so that the to edges of the cans come in contact with sai stop duringtheir discharge movements. The stop 3 thus yieldingly' resists thedischarge and reversing movement sufliciently to lessen the noise andshocks incident thereto, but yields sufiiciently to permit the readypassage of the cans in discharging. By this thereof.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred form ofconstruction for carrying my invention into effect, thisis capable ofvariation and modification without departing from the spirit of theinvention. I, therefore, donot wish to be limited to the but desire toavail myself of such variations and. modifications as come within thescope of the appended-claims.

Having described my invention, what I claim-as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with the, can discharging mechanism of a can washingmachine, of a stopset in the path of a,can being discharged, said stopbeing arranged to yield and be forced from said path by the can itself,substantially as described.

2. The combination with the 'can discharging mechanism-of a can washingmachine, of a gravity-held depending swinging stop, set in the path of acanbeing discharged therefrom, substantially as described.

precise details ofthe construction set forth,

ing swlng ing stop, adapted to contact with -the tops of cans beingreversed and discharged therefrom, to yieldingly resist the movement ofsaid 'cans, substantially as described. i

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification intheprese'nce of two subscribing witnesses,

HARRY D. LATHROP.

Witnesses:

. JOSHUA R. H. Ports, LAURA J ERIOKSON,

